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ALAC Statement on the ICANN Draft Five-Year Strategic Plan (FY16 – FY20)

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Introduction

Dev Anand Teelucksingh, ALAC member from Latin American and Caribbean Islands Regional At-Large Organization (LACRALO) and ALAC Leadership Team member (ALT), and Rafid Fatani, ALAC member from Asian, Australasian and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO), composed an initial draft of this Statement [PDF, 248 KB] after discussion of the topic within At-Large and on the Mailing Lists.

On 15 May 2014, this Statement was posted on the At-Large ICANN Draft Five-Year Strategic Plan (FY16 – FY20) Workspace.

On that same day, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, requested ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC to send a Call for Comments on the Recommendations to all At-Large members via the ALAC-Announce Mailing List.

On 22 June 2014, a version incorporating the comments received was posted on the aforementioned workspace and the Chair requested that Staff open an ALAC ratification vote on the proposed Statement.

On 28 June 2014, Staff confirmed that the online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 11 votes in favor, 0 vote against, and 1 abstention. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=4063WLZntIjf7kd7zKvJa5pt.

Summary

  1. The ALAC acknowledges the efforts by ICANN to incorporate the various comments from "ICANN's Draft Vision, Mission & Focus Areas for a Five-Year Strategic Plan" in this document and suggests an attempt to summarise the strategic plan on one page be kept.
  2. The ALAC wonders if any analysis was done for previous ICANN Strategic Plans as to whether the objectives from prior Strategic Plans were achieved or not.
  3. The ALAC notes the lack of translated versions of this document from the beginning of this public comment.
  4. The ALAC suggests ICANN to: 1) Add a focus on improving the technical universal acceptance of Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) at the application level under Focus Area #2; 2) include a focus on improving the logistical support needed for ICANN's Board, Staff and the various ACs and Sos under Focus Area #3; and 3) reword the sentence under Focus Area #4.1 as "Ensure ICANN's stakeholder groups' role in the evolving Internet ecosystem is clear, recognized, and well understood worldwide."